A prison escape or prison break is the act of an inmate leaving prison through unofficial or illegal ways. There're a bunch of famous breaks, giving you a real-life Prison Break.
越狱是指监狱中的囚犯非法地离开或逃离监狱的行为。随着美剧《越狱》的热播，现实生活中也上演了一出出真人版的越狱。他们靠的是什么呢？今天我们就来细数下几例经典有趣的越狱。

靠挖洞：

Ralph "Bucky" Phillips escaped from prison on April 2, 2006, in New York, by cutting through the ceiling in the kitchen with a can opener. On June 10 he was suspected of a shooting which ended with one New York state trooper being severely wounded. Bucky was later caught in Warren County, Pennsylvania, his escape led police on the largest manhunt in New York state history. He was sentenced to life without parole for the shooting death of SWAT officer Longobardo.
2006年4月2日，纽约，罪犯劳夫•菲利普斯用一个罐头起子在监狱厨房的天花板上钻出了个洞，随后破洞而出。6月10日，他涉嫌枪击警察，导致其中一名重伤。菲利普斯最后在宾夕法尼亚州被捕，但他的成功逃脱引发了纽约州历史上声势最为浩大的追捕行动。最终他因开枪打死了特种警察Longobardo被判终身监禁，不得保释。

靠演技：

On November 4, 2005, Texas Death Row Inmate Charles Victor Thompson escaped from the Harris County Jail by acquiring a set of street clothes and pretending to be a representative from the State Attorney General's office to fool the corrections officers. He was recaptured two days later in Shreveport, Louisiana, 200 miles (320 km) from where he escaped.
2005年11月4日，一个叫查尔斯•维克多•汤姆森的杀人犯套上了一身偷运进来的百姓行头，摇身一变成了个“州调查官”，一路晃着他的囚犯身份证，哄过了那些天天见面的守卫，溜出了监狱大门。两天后他就在距离越狱地点320公里路易斯安那州什里夫波特市被捕。

靠拳头：

Brian Nichols on March 11, 2005 escaped from the Fulton County courthouse in Atlanta, by overpowering an officer and taking her pistol. He then murdered a judge, a court reporter, a police officer and U.S. Customs agent. He then held a woman named Ashley Smith hostage for a night in her own home, before he allowed her to leave to visit her daughter. Once she was released, she called the police, and he surrendered peacefully to SWAT officers who arrived on the scene.
2005年3月11日，布莱恩•尼克尔斯在亚特兰大某法庭上赤手空拳打倒了一名守卫，抢了他的枪，成功逃脱。他还分别让一个法官、一个书记员、一个警察和海关官员吃了子弹。随后，他冲进了一处民宅，挟持了一名妇女，后来又允许该妇女离开去见她女儿。该妇女已经释放就报了警，最终尼克尔斯向警方缴械投降。

靠兄弟：

Sarposa Prison attack; a raid on the Kandahar detention facility in Kandahar, Afghanistan by Taliban insurgents on June 13, 2008. One of the largest attacks by Afghan insurgents, the raid freed 400-1000 prisoners.
Sarposa大劫狱：2008年6月13日，塔利班暴动分子袭击了阿富汗坎大哈市的一处监狱，这是阿富汗暴动分子最大规模的袭击，帮助了400-1000名囚犯逃脱。

靠耐心坚持：

On December 15, 2007 inmates Jose Espinosa and Otis Blunt escaped from the high-security level of the Union County jail in Elizabeth, New Jersey. They escaped by scraping away the mortar around the cinder blocks making up the cell walls. They then smashed the block, hid the pieces in a footlocker and covered the holes with pin-up pictures. To delay knowledge of the escape, they made dummies out of sheets and pillowcases and left them in their beds.
2007年12月15日，新泽西州的两名犯人Jose Espinosa和Otis Blunt成功逃出了高度戒备的联邦法庭监狱。他们坚持不懈的刮墙上的石灰，最后打烂了墙，将碎墙块藏在箱子中，还用性感女郎的招贴画遮住了墙壁上的洞。为了掩饰，他们还用被单和枕套做成了假人放在床铺上。